This is interesting. . . and rings familiar, but not exactly, of course. Historians often refer to the period from the end of the Civil War to the turn of the 20th century as “the Gilded Age,” a term credited to Mark Twain and Charles D. Warner for a book…
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The November/December issue of Merrimack Valley Magazine has two stories about the sport of boxing and the city of Lowell. The cover story, illustrated by a closeup of Micky Ward wearing a Santa hat that is reminiscent of a famous Sports Illustrated cover, is about “The Fighter” which is scheduled…
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This is the final section of the essay about Lowell that I’ve been posting this week.—PM Cut from American Cloth (5) Places change, people enter and exit the stage—we won’t see Paul Tsongas jogging through the South Common, we won’t see Brother Gilbert who taught at Keith Academy after mentoring…
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Thursday, Nov. 18, 7 pm A lecture-performance featuring traditional folk music from all regions of Greece as played on the violin and laouto, as well as lyras from Thrace, Macedonia, Crete, and Pontos, as performed by Beth Bahia Cohen – violin and lyras, and Mac Ritchey – laouto and percussion. This…
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In his latest commentary, E. J. Dionne of the Washington Post group tries to buck up the Democrats who got whacked around on November 2. He points out that the GOP fiercely attacked and stubbornly opposed President Obama for most of the past two years, and came back with a…
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Columnist David Brooks in today’s NYTimes lays out his vision of how to get the nation back in gear. I won’t link to the column, but I will link to the Readers’ Comments, which are the better part of the discussion. Read the readers here, and get the NYT if…
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Tony Sampas continues our observation of Veterans Day with the above photo of the POW/MIA monument on the grounds of the Lowell Auditorium and the monument (below) at American Legion Post 87 on Westford Street dedicated to Alvin “JR” Lutkus – “In honor of his service to his country”
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Cut from American Cloth (4) Congresswoman (“Mrs. Rogers”) Rogers was in the middle of a line of Republican U.S. Representatives from the Lowell area who controlled the seat from 1859 to 1974, with the exception of a single two-year term for Democrat John K. Tarbox (1875 – 1877). It took…
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Community Teamwork, Inc. & the Merrimack Valley Regional Network to End Homelessness Present: Lura Smith in a Gospel Concert of Thanksgiving November 20, 2010 from 12:00 – 2:00PM Eliot Presbyterian Church 273 Summer Street Lowell MA Special Guest Artists The Andover Baptist Church Unity Choir Michael Lally, Founder/Director SRO Bobby…
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The city of Lowell and the Global War Veterans, an organization for those who served in the military after Vietnam, will dedicate a new Veterans Memorial at the Westlawn I Cemetery which is at 155 Boston Road (behind Edson Cemetery). Besides memorializing veterans, this site will also contain the appropriate…
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